Mammalia - Rodentia - Acaremyidae
Full reference: M. G. Vucetich and A. G. Kramarz. 2003. New Miocene rodents from Patagonia (Argentina) and their bearing on the early radiation of the Octodontoids (Hystricognathi). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(2):435-444
Belongs to Galileomys according to M. G. Vucetich and A. G. Kramarz 2003
See also Vucetich et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Galileomys baios, Galileomys colloncurensis, Galileomys eurygnathus
Type specimen: MLP 82-V-2-105, a mandible (left partial mandible with i2 and p4-m2). Its type locality is Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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